The Entrepreneurs' Journey

In today’s episode, I’m talking with Ken Cook, a business advisor, former marketing agency owner, and cofounder of The Prepared Group. In our call, we discussed his journey of starting his career in the marketing & advertising business, what it was like running a tactical marketing agency, and how he is helping marketing agencies grow their firms by helping clients with strategy. We also talke...

In today’s episode, I’m talking with Kasten Spethmann of Your Startup Life, a business advisor, retired professional windsurfer, recovering venture capitalist, and entrepreneur who coaches founders with the advice they need to raise capital and build exceptional businesses. In our call, we discussed her journey in how she started helping founders raise capital after finishing her professional wind...

In today’s episode, I’m talking with Jim Taylor of Benchmark Sixty, a global consulting firm that is dedicated to helping restaurants solve the challenges they face when it comes to retaining employees, managing labor costs, and increasing productivity, all without having to raise menu prices. In our call, we discussed ways restaurant operators can use data to make better decisions that directly i...

In today's episode, I talk with Kim Boaz, an entrepreneur, bookkeeper, and founder of All Stars Accounting Professionals Inc. In our conversation, we got to talk about how she got started in bookkeeping, what drove her to start a local nonprofit for accounting professionals, and how business owners can create a process that allows them to select the best bookkeeper for their business. To lear...

In today's episode, I talk with Chace Fraser, an entrepreneur, real estate investor, and realtor here in Oregon that is passionate about real estate, house-hacking, and helping entrepreneurs create systems that give them their time back. In our conversation, we got to talk about his journey from working as a golf pro at a golf club to investing in real estate and creating systems that allowed...

In today's episode, I talk with Andi Costello, a commercial real estate broker licensed in the state of Washington and Oregon. Andi has helped hundreds of clients whether leasing, investing, developing, purchasing, or selling their multi-family complex, industrial property, land, or retail building. In our conversation, we got to talk about her journey from working as a city planner in multip...

In today's episode, I talk with Jeanne Egan, a senior business development manager at MarginEdge that is focused on helping restaurant owners improve the profitability of their restaurant using technology that helps them control and manage their food and labor costs. In our conversation, we got to talk about her journey from going to work in a restaurant at the age of 17 to becoming a GM and...

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Kryzia Olsen, a naturopathic physician that is focused on helping entrepreneurs improve their approach to mental health and their digestive system so they can live a full life. Dr. Olsen completed her six-year medical training at the National University of Natural Medicine, the oldest accredited naturopathic medical school in the country. Following graduation, Dr....

In this episode of The Entrepreneurs' Journey, I talk with Michael Attias, an entrepreneur and Founder of CaterZen. After a successful career in the restaurant business where he helped grow a single location restaurant to 3 million dollars, with 1 million being in catering sales, Michael decided to build a company that would help other restaurant owners grow their sales and it lead to him bui...

In this episode of The Entrepreneurs' Journey, I talk with Jennifer Blankl, a certified Life, Relationship, and Marriage Coach at The Art of Fulfillment. After a successful career in sales, Jennifer caught an interest in life coaching and then a passion for helping entrepreneurs in their life and business. Since 2014, Jennifer has been helping busy executives and business owners have a succes...

In this episode of The Entrepreneurs' Journey, I talk with my good friend Robert Caruso, entrepreneur, and partner at Engage Digital, a digital marketing firm that executes effective integrated digital marketing for mid-sized B2B, B2C, SaaS, and Startup brands that get them found, make lasting impressions and achieving results online. During our conversation, Robert and I reflected on his pat...

In this episode of The Entrepreneurs' Journey, I talk with Will Eberhart, entrepreneur, and business advisor at Perseverance Marketing Group. Will Eberhart is a passionate, strategic brand marketer with deep experience in driving brand awareness, engaging consumers, and directly influencing revenue. Having worked with several of the world's best-known consumer brands, and playing a key r...

In this episode of The Entrepreneur’s Ultimate Tax, I talk with David Yassa, business coach and owner of The Growth Coach of Portland . David, prior to opening The Growth Coach of Portland, was a leader in the medical device industry where he built, managed, and led sales & marketing teams across different countries. He was also responsible for launching products, managing trade shows, strateg...

In this episode of The Entrepreneurs' Journey, I talk with Erik Swanson, Business Development Manager with Cardinal Services. Erik became an entrepreneur at the young age of 23 when his uncle encouraged him to invest in a franchise in Utah where he built a very successful employment services practice. Erik, who is approaching his 30th year serving entrepreneurs and organizations in this capac...

In this episode of The Entrepreneurs' Journey, I talk with Imran Haider, the Director of Operations with PaySuite. Imran comes to PaySuite with over 10 years of experience as a professor for schools like Oregon State, Washington State, University of Portland, and Chemeketa Community College. Imran also helped open and run a brewery for five years as the Director of Operations where his team w...

In this episode of The Entrepreneurs' Journey, I talk with Zebadiah Wade of RMA & Associates. RMA & Associates is a specialty corporate finance firm with a proven and successful record in assisting privately held companies. Their typical engagement is to assist owners/shareholders in achieving maximum wealth creation and conservation, while also evaluating the optimal path to retainin...

In this episode of The Entrepreneurs' Journey, I talk about the purpose of this podcast and what we hope to accomplish in future episodes. Our ultimate goal is to help entrepreneurs uncover the true costs and threats to their progress in achieving personal & financial success in business. Please subscribe to the podcast and the YouTube channel as well if you’d like to be the first to hear...